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(Application filed Nov. 24, 1899.)

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No. 656,433. Patented Aug. 2|,.l9oo. u. VERBRUGGEN.

MIXNG MACHINE FR'HAIR, 6&0.

(Application led Nov. 24, 1899.)

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No. 656,433. htented Aug. 2l, |900.

G; VEBBRUGGEN. MIXING MACHINE FOR HAIR, c.

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MIXING MACHINE' FOR HAIR, SLC.

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INVENTOR lWITNESSES:

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GUSTAVE VERBRUGGEN, OF TAMISE, BELGUM.

MIXING-MACHlNE FOR HNR, 85C.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Lettersatent No. 656,433, dated August 21, 19O.

application led November 24, 1899. Serie! No. 738,140. (No model.)

To all w'hom, it may concern.:

Be it known that I, GUs'rAvE VERBRUGGEN, manufacturer, a citizen of Belgium, residing at Tamise, in the Kingdom of Belgium, have invented a new and useful Pounding and Mixing Machine for All Kinds of Animal Hairs and Textile Fibers and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,.and exact descripf` tion of the same.

My present invention relates to improvement-s in machines for pounding and mixing all kinds of animal hairs and textile fibers; and its object is to provide a machine of such character of simple, strong,and durable construction, reliable and eliicient in operation, and by which machine the dust and impurities are removed and withdrawn from the fibrous material and are discharged in a simple and efcient manner. t

The invention consists in the improved pounding' and mixing machine and in the combination and arrangement of the various parts thereof, substantially as will be hereiuafter more fully described, andnally embodied in the clauses of the claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each of the several ligf ures, Figure lis an inside end elevation of my improved machine with certain portions broken away and others removed to better illustrate my invention; Fig. 2, an end ele-- vation proper of the machine and of its driving and operating mechanism, Fig. 3 is a top plan view of Fig. 2; and Fig. 4, au enlarged detail view showing a certain compensating device used in connection with my machine and also illustrating the mechanism for operating said compensating device, as'will be hereinafter more fully described.

In said drawings, c. represents a. casing or receptacle provided in its front upper portion with a hinged lid M, carrying on opposite ends antifriction-rollers c c, Lengaged by arms or levers U, securely mounted on the shaft (Z, as clearly shown in Figs. Zand 3. 0n said shaft d is secured one end of a weighted lever c, pivotally connected by a rod '1"' to one end of a lever S, fulcrumed, as atf, to the casing or frame a and having its other end pivotally and adjustablyconnected to the lower end of a suitably-guided (guided at f,'Fig. 2) bar L, thc upper end of which is pivotally connected to the piston-rod f2. (See also Fig.

l4.) The piston-rod f2 penetrates a suitable stuffing-box of the compensator Q, which consists of an ordinary cylinder f3, in which is slidingly arranged a piston f4 (being carried by the piston-rod f2) andv penetrated by a series of vertical openings f5. The cylinder f3 is filled with oil, which can be admitted through inlet f5, as will be manifest. The bar L is provided with a nose or projection g, adapted to be engaged by an antifrictionroller K, mounted on an arm a, secured to and projecting from a collar-a5, integral with the disk G. yThe llatter is secured on a suitable stub-shaft a, carrying a gear-wheel F. Said gear-wheel F meshes with the gear-wheel d', Fig. 3, mounted on the stub-shaft d2, which latter also carries a beveled pinion d3 in mesh with the beveled pinion d4, mounted on a. shaft d5, the-latter also carrying a gear-wheel d6, receiving its motion from a worm E, secured on the main driving-shaft 9. On the shaft g are secureda series of disks C, from which project radially arms or strikers C', as clearly shown in Fig. l of the drawings.

To the rear portion of the machine and substantially in horizontal alinement with the main drivingshaft go are revolubly mounted two corrugated rollers B B', suitably connected with each other by gear-wheels B2 on the opposite 'end of the machine and adapted to receive the animal hair or textile fibers, which are fedbetween said rollers from an endless feed-table A. As said feed-table is of ordinary construction, further description of the same is deemed unnecessary.

On the shaft B4. of the lower feed roller B is loosely mounted a gear-wheel F 0, 'meshing with the gear-wheel F and provided with a notched sleeve Fs in engagement with a correspondinglymotched sleeve or collar F7, securely but slidingly mounted on lsaid shaft B4 and provided with an annular groove F8, engaged.l by a forked lever h, fulcrumed as at h', Figs. 2,` 3, and 4, and having its outer or free end pivotally connected by a link hz'with the shorter arm h3 of a lever H, fulcrumed as at H. The longer arm h4 of said lever H is adapted to be raised or operated by a cam R, projecting from the outer periphery of the disk G. A fiat spring h5 bears with its -free vend on the longer arm h4 of the lever H for the purpose of returning said lever toits nor- IOO mal position after being disengaged by the cam R, as will be hereinafter described.

To the lower rear portion of the casing or receptacle a is secured a blower T of ordinary construction, which is adapted to suck the debris, dust, or impurities through the curved plate O, disposed in the lower portion of the receptacle and to discharge it through its outlet T. .A second blower N isv arranged on the top portion of the casin g a and in a like manor Scrapers D for a purpose hereinafter stated.

The animal hair or fibrous material to be mixed and pounded is placed upon the endless revolving feed-table A and is fed between the corrugated feed-rollers B and ll'. The material entering the casing ais taken by thel revolving strikers or arms C', and is thus loosened and mixed, as will be manifest. 'lhe` material when reaching the pointed projections D is again loosened and mixed in a manner well known to those familiar in the art. A certain amount of material is thus loosened and mixed within the receptacle ct while the gear-wheel F is making one revolution. soon as the antifriction-roller K engages the nose or projection g of the arm or bar L the latter is raised, and through the fulcrumed lever S vand the rod T0 swings the lever e downward and partly rotates the shaft d. As

before mentioned, the arms or levers V are securely mounted on said shaft d andr by the partial rotation of the latter are `accordingly raised and through their engagement with the antifriction-rollers c`open the lid M, allowing the pounded and mixed material to bethrown out by the revolving strikers or arms C' or to be removed by hand, if so desired, as will be manifest. At the time when the antifriction-roller K is about to engage the nose' or projection y on the sliding bar L the longer arm h1 of the lever h is engaged by the cam R and i's swung on its fulcrum II', and through its link connection h2 operates the forked lever h, sliding the corrugated sleeve F7 out of engagement with the sleeve F6 of the gear-wheel F0, thereby stopping the rotation of the shaft B4 and of the feed-rollers B and B', as will be manifest. Meanwhile (while the pounded and' mixed material is disi charged through theopened lid) the antifricv tion-roller K has cleared the nose or projecward flows from the lower portion of the cylinder f3, through the perforations f5 in the piston f, into the upper portion of said cylinder.

I- Iaving thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters 1. The combination, with a casing and with a drive-shaft journaled therein, of a series of radial arms or strikers carried by the shaft within said casing, a revoluble disk, said disk having projections, the one onv its periphery and the other on one of its faces, gearing connecting said shaft and the disk, revoluble feed-rollers journaled in operative proximity to said arms or strikers, a shaft carrying one of said rollers, a hinged door for said casing, a system ofI levers controlling said door and adapted to be engaged by said last-named projection to actuate said door, a compensating .mechanism for said system of levers, gearing between said disk and said lastnamed shaft, one of the members thereof being loosely mounted on said shaft, a clutch mechanism adapted to connect said loose member of the gearing and said roller-carrying shaft, a fulcrumed fork connected to the movable member of said clutch mechanism, a suitably-fulcrumed lever adapted to be engaged at one of its ends by the peripheral projection of said disk, and a link connecting the other end of saidlever and the fork, substantially as described. 2. The combination with the casing and with the main driving-shaft penetrating the same, of a series of. radially-arranged strikers or arms in said casin g and carried by said shaft, corrugated feed-rollers in close proximity to mounted on the shaft of one of the feed-rollel's, a clutch mechanism also mounted on said last-mentioned shaft and adapted to unlock and lock said gear-wheel' to its supportingshaft, a second gear-wheel in mesh with the 'first-mentioned gear-wheel, a shaft supporting said second gear-wheel, a disk mounted on said last-mentioned shaft and provided with a cam, means controlled by said cam for `operating the clutch mechanism, a train of gears transmitting motion from the main driving-shaft to the second-mentioned gear, a hinged lid arranged on thel casing, means controlled by the second-mentioned gear for automatically opening said lid while the clutch is being operated to stop the rotation of the feed-rollers, and a compensator for controlling the closing of said lid, all said parts substantially asand for the purposes described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GUSTAVE VE RBRUG GEN.

:o5 said arms or strikers, and a gear-wheel loosely 

